Steam is finally adding native support for Macs with Apple Silicon

Steam volition soon afloat enactment Macs equipped with Apple’s in-house chips. In the latest Steam lawsuit beta spotted by 9to5Mac, Valve says the “Steam Client and Steam Helper apps present tally natively connected Apple Silicon.”

That means Steam volition nary longer request to usage Rosetta 2 to tally connected Macs with M-series chips. Rosetta 2 is the emulator that allows Intel-based apps to tally connected Apple Silicon’s ARM architecture. Native enactment for Apple Silicon should marque Steam tally much smoothly.

The update follows Apple’s announcement that it volition halt launching large updates for Intel-based Macs aft macOS Tahoe. The institution has besides confirmed that Rosetta 2 volition lone beryllium disposable done macOS 27. “Beyond this timeframe, we volition support a subset of Rosetta functionality aimed astatine supporting older unmaintained gaming titles, that trust connected Intel-based frameworks,” Apple says.

You tin try retired the Steam beta by opening the app connected your Mac, selecting Steam > Settings > Interface. From there, look for the “Client Beta Participation” heading, and prime Steam Beta Update from the dropdown menu. Steam volition past punctual you to relaunch the app.